MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 1791

HOWEVER, NO PERSON MAY MARK ANY FRUIT OR
VEGETABLE, OR CONTAINER IN A MANNER THAT INDICATES
THAT THE FRUIT OR VEGETABLE CONFORMS WITH ANY STANDARD
OR GRADE OF THE SECRETARY, UNLESS THE PERSON CONFORMS
WITH ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 66C, §75 of the Code. The only changes
made are in style.

SEC. 10-705. RIGHT OF ENTRY AND EXAMINATION.

THE SECRETARY MAY ENTER ANY BUILDING, VEHICLE,
OTHER ENCLOSURE, OR CONVEYANCE IN THE STATE, WHERE ANY
FRUIT OR VEGETABLE IS PRODUCED, STORED, OR SOLD. HE
MAY EXAMINE ANY FRUIT OR VEGETABLE FOUND IN ANY OF
THESE PLACES AND MAY TAKE FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION ANY
SAMPLE OF THE PRODUCE AND ANY CONTAINER NECESSARY TO
DETERMINE WHETHER THIS SUBTITLE IS VIOLATED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 66C, §77 of the Code. The only changes
made are in style.

SEC. 10-706. NON-LIABILITY OF PERSON NOT A PARTY TO
GRADING OR PACKING AND WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF WRONG.

ANY PERSON WHO SELLS ANY FRUIT OR VEGETABLE IN A
CONTAINER NOT PROPERLY MARKED MAY NOT BE PROSECUTED,
IF HE CAN ESTABLISH BY SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE THAT HE
WAS NOT A PARTY TO THE GRADING OR PACKING OF THE FRUIT
OR VEGETABLE IN QUESTION, AND HAD NO KNOWLEDGE THAT
THEY WERE MISMARKED OR ILLEGALLY PACKED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 66C, §81 of the Code. The only changes
made are in style.

SEC. 10-707. NO PROSECUTION WHEN INSPECTION BY
DEPARTMENT OR BY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE.

NO PERSON MAY BE PROSECUTED FOR VIOLATION OF ANY
PROVISION OF THIS SUBTITLE WHERE IT CAN BE ESTABLISHED
THAT THE FRUIT OR VEGETABLE PASSED INSPECTION BY AN
AUTHORIZED INSPECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OR BY AN
INSPECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE AND WAS GRADED, PACKED AND MARKED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE.